Just as there is no such thing as Christian physics or Muslim Algebra, we will see tht there is no such thing as Christian or Muslim morality.

False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.

Religion provides the only story that is fundamentally consoling in the face of the worst possible experiences - the death of a parent, for instance. In fact, many religions take away the problem entirely, because their adherents ostensibly believe that they're going to be reunited with everyone they love, and death is an illusion.

The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society.

Habitual identification with discursive thought is the source of human suffering.

It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.